
Jennifer Hudson
2 FOLLOWERS • 39 CREDITS • SEP 12, 1981 • 43
Biography
Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Hudson rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of American Idol, placing seventh. She made her film debut as Effie White in the musical Dreamgirls (2006), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the youngest African-American to win in a competitive acting category. After signing to Arista Records, Hudson released her self-titled debut studio album in 2008, which was certified Gold in the US and the UK, and won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album.
Hudson's subsequent studio albums, I Remember Me (2011) and JHUD (2014), both charted within the top ten of the Billboard 200, with the former also being certified Gold in the US. Meanwhile, her other acting roles include the films Sex and the City (2008), The Secret Life of Bees (2008), Winnie Mandela (2011), Black Nativity (2013), Sing (2016), Cats (2019) and Respect (2021), the television shows Smash (2012), Empire (2015) and Confirmation (2016), and her Broadway debut with the musical The Color Purple. Hudson also contributed as a coach on the UK and the US version of The Voice from 2017 up to 2019, becoming the first female coach to win the former.
Known For

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Graham Norton Show

The Oscars

Entertainment Tonight

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

MTV Video Music Awards

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Today

American Idol

The Jonathan Ross Show

The Voice

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Project Runway

E! Live from the Red Carpet

The Grammys

Empire

The Early Show

The Late Late Show: Carpool Karaoke

Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Smash

2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Sing

Chi-Raq

The Concert for Valor

Sex and the City

The Voice

A Very Pentatonix Christmas

The Three Stooges

Cats

Dreamgirls

PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie

Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul

Sandy Wexler

The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl

Respect

Breathe
Production Credits
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